Speaking to the Daily Mail, she explained the rift started over a “petty” argument when he asked her to cut ties with two of her oldest friends, who had also been part of his early success, Bob Halley and John Reid.

She said: “Then to my utter amazement, he told me he hated me. And he banged the phone down. Imagine. To me, his mother.”

John married his partner David Furnish in 2005 after 12 years together and the couple have two children.